Since I was young, I've been told that I can be anything that I want to be. The implication that was silently included in that statement was that if I worked hard enough, there was no job or position or achievement that I couldn't reach if I just did all the things required to get there. Nearly every member of my generation and beyond has been told this over and over again until we came to the unfortunate place of actually learning to believe it. For many, it is an immutable truth that no amount of evidence to the contrary can overcome. It is ingrained in who we are.
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